March 2015

By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose across the board on Tuesday after a rally on Wall Street and steps by China to shore up its economy boosted risk appetite, while Greek debt worries again haunted the sagging euro. Spreadbetters expected European shares to pull back slightly after Monday’s rise, calling for Britain’s Read More

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar gained and global equity markets surged on Monday on merger activity among drugmakers on both sides of the Atlantic, while Chinese stocks hit a seven-year high on a government plan to create a modern Silk Road trade route. Major U.S. and European indexes rallied more than Read More

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German trade union Verdi has asked a court to stop Deutsche Post’s (DPWGn.DE) plans to expand its parcel delivery business by using employees on lower pay deals and has called on workers to stage a strike. Like other former postal service monopolies in Europe, such as Britain’s Royal Mail (RMG.L), Deutsche Post Read More

By Patrick Graham LONDON (Reuters) – Shares rose on Monday with Asian stocks buoyed by hopes for stimulus to boost China’s economy, but the euro slipped on renewed concern about Greece’s finances. In Europe, a rally in technology shares, tracking Friday’s surge in the U.S. tech sector, helped equities bounce back from losses last week, Read More

By Caroline Copley DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – Latecomers to the digital age, big German companies have started teaming up with start-ups to shake up their conservative business culture and keep pace with a world increasingly dominated by nimble tech giants. More than half of the firms on Germany’s blue-chip DAX index (.GDAXI) trace their roots Read More

By Patrick Graham LONDON (Reuters) – Shares rose on Monday with Asian stocks buoyed by hopes for stimulus to boost China’s economy, but the euro slipped on more concern about Greece’s finances. In Europe, a rally in technology shares, tracking Friday’s surge in the U.S. tech sector, helped equities bounce back from losses last week, Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – European shares were heading for their biggest weekly fall of the year on Friday, as a second week of gains for oil prices and a resurgent euro put the brakes on a two-month bonanza for the region’s equity markets. Trading on the day was choppy, with oil dropping back after Thursday’s spike Read More

By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks crawled higher on Friday as upbeat U.S. economic data helped revive some risk appetite lost following air strikes on Houthi militants in Yemen, while the dollar rebounded. Crude oil prices were slightly lower on the dollar’s bounce after surging overnight on the escalating conflict in Yemen. The Read More

By Emma Thomasson HERZOGENAURACH, Germany (Reuters) – Adidas <ADSGn.DE> plans to speed up production and allow shoppers to customize more shoes and clothes, aiming to accelerate sales and profit growth over the next five years. The German sportswear firm, which has been losing ground for years to fast-growing rival Nike <NKE.N>, said it was testing Read More

By Marc Jones and Nigel Stephenson LONDON (Reuters) – Escalating tensions in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia and its allies launched air strikes on Yemen pushed oil prices up as much as 6 percent on Thursday, and sent world share markets tumbling. In the currency markets, the dollar fell against traditional safe-havens the Swiss Read More